Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg – CD

Given that they’ve lost two-thirds of the original line-up since their surprise hit debut album of 2005, Wolfmother seem remarkably undeterred and unchanged on their second. Singer and guitarist Andrew Stockdale still sounds like he’s trapped forever in 1972, his only hope of escape to rawk his way out, appropriating as many Led Zeppelin riffs as he can to do so. He’s described the making of Cosmic Egg as an “endurance test”: unfortunately, the same could often be said of listening to it.

1 California Queen
2 New Moon Rising
3 White Feather
4 Sundial
5 In The Morning
6 10,000 Feet
7 Cosmic Egg
8 Far Away
9 Pilgrim
10 In The Castle
11 Phoenix
12 Violence Of The Sun